FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 24, 2005Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed SAC by 6 after three quarters and won 122–113.

Final
PHI101
NYK113
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +12
Final
SAC113
DAL122
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +9
Final
MIN86
LAC92
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +6
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2003–04Feb 24, 2004: 9 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND vs GSW), 34 points.
The lead · SAC @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki posts 34 and 11 as Dallas beats Sacramento

34 points and 11 rebounds in a 122–113 win.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+3-6+9DAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC23323325113
DAL27312440122
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34DAL34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 11, 4, 10, 12, 4, 0, 7, 29DAL29 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26SAC26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 23, 23, 17, 20, 20, 16, 20, 26SAC26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ NYK

New York takes care of Philadelphia

A 12-point win, 113–101. Tim Thomas led New York with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over MIN6DAL over SAC9NYK over PHI12Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 30, 27, 27, 31, 35, 16, 29, 34DAL vs SAC · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 6, 11, 4, 10, 12, 4, 0, 7, 29DAL vs SAC · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 22, 28, 38, 30, 60, 38, 23, 29PHI @ NYK · L
29.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 5, 13, 8, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27NYK vs PHI · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 35, 27, 16, 25, 27, 21, 25, 23, 26SAC @ DAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 23, 23, 17, 20, 20, 16, 20, 26SAC @ DAL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Vince CarterNJN+8.0 30.0 last 10 · 22.0 season
JR SmithNOH+7.8 15.6 last 10 · 7.8 season
Mike BibbySAC+7.3 26.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Melvin ElyCHA+6.7 13.9 last 10 · 7.2 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.5 21.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Eric WilliamsTOR−6.0 2.1 last 10 · 8.1 season
Derek AndersonPOR−5.6 4.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC−5.0 14.7 last 10 · 19.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.7 14.0 last 10 · 18.7 season